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APRIL 10-13, 2025
The Parade Rolls April 12 @ 2pm

Allen Parkway & Downtown Houston

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Submit Your Entry!

Submissions are now being accepted for the 38th Annual Houston Art Car Parade!

Do you have, or are planning to create, a mobile masterpiece that you want to show in front of hundreds of thousands of cheering fans? Whether it's painted, sculpted, welded, lit, lifted, chopped, screwed, diced, scattered, smothered, covered (wait, is this a Waffle House order?).... we want to see it!

Click on the link below to learn more about our rules, regulations, special events, and various categories of Art Cars that participate in the parade. Who knows, maybe you'll go home with the grand prize in 2025!

Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2025

2024 Ann Harithas Legacy Award Winner

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The Ploppet

Claire & Kyle Johnson and The Ploppet Crew

Scottsdale, AZ

Houston Art Car Parade Photo Archive

For 38 years, people around the globe have captured photos of the unique, surreal, and majestic rolling masterpieces presented annually in the Orange Show's Houston Art Car Parade. We've spent hundreds of hours compiling these images into an online archive free for anyone to view and enjoy.

Do you have photos of Art Cars rolling in the Houston Art Car Parade that you'd like to submit to our archives? Email us at archives@orangeshow.org!

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2024 Houston Art Car Parade Grand Marshal

In celebration of Saint Arnold's 30th Anniversary, and their continued commitment to supporting the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and the Houston Art Car Parade - as well as their significant contributions to many other Houston arts and culture organizations - we are pleased to be recognizing Brock Wagner as this year's Houston Art Car Parade Grand Marshal!

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Brock Wagner
Founder / Brewer of Saint Arnold Brewing Company 

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2025 Featured Artist

Chris Lockwood
Illustrator

2024 Honorees

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Becky Mustachio 
Art Teacher
Spring Forest Middle School

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Moon Papas
Artist Collaborative
Houston, TX

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Barbara & Marks Hinton
Patrons & Volunteers of the Orange Show

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Schedule

2023 GRAN MARISCAL

Marilyn Oshman es la fundadora y presidenta del Orange Show Center for Visionary Art y está profundamente comprometida con todas sus actividades, incluida la preservación del Orange Show Monument y Beer Can House, el desarrollo de Smither Park y la presentación del Houston Art Car Parade. Marilyn está impulsada por su pasión e interés a largo plazo en la escena artística de Houston y siempre se ha dedicado a la creación de un clima cultural vibrante e interesante. 

2023 GALERÍAS DE FOTOS